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Celebrate our planet with activities for all ages! Schedule of events: 12:30pm Planetarium Show Earth, Moon, and Sun 1–4pm Family Studio: Science Give bugs a break and help populate our eco-mural. Leave with a bag of native wildflower seeds and instructions for care and planting. 1–4pm Family Studio: Art Discover clever ways to reuse everyday

Join the HRM Junior Docents in open and candid discussions in the galleries, inspired by works of art on view. Look at the world through the perspective of art, history, science, and community. On April 17, we invite all teens to discuss identity, and themes of race and social justice found in four paintings on

Marcus John, poet, writer, and Yonkers native, performs probing poems inspired by Kerry James Marshall’s Lost Boys: AKA BB, on loan from Art Bridges. Delve into the world of adolescents denied the opportunity to grow up, lost in a system of institutional racism, their lives cut short by violence. John will guide the audience to

Look closely at portraits on loan from Art Bridges in Art and Identity. Focus on the subjects’ postures and gestures, discuss the connections between our minds and our bodies, and engage in simple, movement-based activities. Ages 3+. Support provided by Art Bridges.

Explore portraiture with a hands-on workshop led by artist Lee Romero inspired by works on view in Art and Identity. Participants can create their own portrait or self-portrait using a variety of media. Romero worked as a photojournalist The New York Times from 1985 to 2013 and was the chief photographer when he retired. In

Venture into orbit and commemorate Yuri Gagarin, the first person to journey into outer space, on the 58th anniversary of Gagarin’s first and only spaceflight on the Vostok 3KA. Celebrate humanity’s past, present, and future in space with activities for all ages! Schedule of events: Vostok Capsule (all evening) Step into a mock-up of Gagarin’s

Fiber artist Sarah Divi teaches visitors how to layer repurposed clothing to craft an out-of-this-world brooch inspired by The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art. Followed by a docent-led tour of the exhibition. Sarah Divi creates site-specific fiber art installations from recycled or unwanted pieces. Divi unravels, blends, and creates new works

The Chaminade Music Club presents a Mandolin Quartet chamber music concert under the dome in the Planetarium. Hear musicians from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra on mandolin, violin, viola, and cello, led by Joyce Balint. The program features the world premiere of Mandolin on the Moon, composed by Pamela Sklar. Inspired by The Color of the

Join Laura Vookles, Chair of the Curatorial Department, for a conversation about the different ways in which American artists have portrayed lunar landscapes, as featured in the exhibition The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art.

Paint a nocturnal scene while sipping a glass of wine in a watercolor workshop led by artist Ellen Hopkins Fountain. Tickets include one drink. Primarily a landscape painter, Fountain works in the watercolor medium and received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Carnegie Mellon University. She is drawn to the imagery along the Hudson